Stephen Greenblatt, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky about his book Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius o Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival, recorded September 11, 2025. Plus a review of “Sunday in the Park with George” at Shotgun Players Ashby Stage through January 31, 2026.
Anatol Lieven analyzes the Trump national security strategy • Susannah Glickman on the transformation of the US government into a private equity firm (NYRB interview here)
What life is like in the newsrooms and on the beat for LGBTQ+ reporters in a time when there’s too much news to and fewer jobs, according to Los Angeles chapter co-presidents Hansen Bursic and Katie Karl of NLGJA: the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists (in a roundtable with This Way Out’s Lucia Chappelle, interviewed by Brian DeShazor).
Plus the reign of a lesbian queen, two music halls, human rights milestones, Southern Hemisphere civil unions and more in The Rainbow Rewind (produced by Brian DeShazor and Sheri Lunn).
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On today’s show: Is War Next? U.S. Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker as Anti-Maduro Campaign Escalates “Slow Poison”: Scholar Mahmood Mamdani on New Book About Uganda, Decolonization & More “My Advice to Parents Is Learn from Your Kids”: Mahmood Mamdani on Raising Zohran, NYC’s Next Mayor “Slower Form of Death”: Despite Ceasefire, Israel Keeps Killing in … Continued
On this episode, we speak with Addie Kitchen, the grandmother of Steven Taylor, the man fatally shot by a now-retired San Leandro police officer in a Walmart in April 2020, and she has since emerged as a leading advocate seeking justice and accountability in his case. We also speak with Adanté Pointer, an Oakland‑born civil‑rights attorney … Continued
00:08 — Sang Hea Kil is professor in the justice studies department at San Jose State University. Se was suspended from her tenured position at the university and is currently contesting her case. 00:33 — Peyrin Kao, is Lecturer in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley, we previously spoke to … Continued
On today’s show: Is War Next? U.S. Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker as Anti-Maduro Campaign Escalates “Slow Poison”: Scholar Mahmood Mamdani on New Book About Uganda, Decolonization & More “My Advice to Parents Is Learn from Your Kids”: Mahmood Mamdani on Raising Zohran, NYC’s Next Mayor “Slower Form of Death”: Despite Ceasefire, Israel Keeps Killing in … Continued
